Debian LTS

Roberto C. Sánchez

2024-07-29 20:20:01 UTC

Hi John,

Post by John Conover
I need to use Debian 11 for about an additional 6 months, (its a
very complicated system.)
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib
deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib
Note that if you already follow security.debian.org (and you
should), this should mostly be a noop. In other words, Debian LTS
reuses the same mirror infrastructure as the regular release team,
it's just a responsibility handover.
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
Any compatibility advice would greatly appreciated,

Your question is not clear. Are these two different configurations for
two different systems? The main "problem" that I see with the second one
is that it includes the "contrib non-free" components in the first
archive source (bullseye), but not in the second (bullseye-security).
While there tend to be very few security fixes for contrib and non-free
(for a variety of reasons) there are some on occasion. You might
consider adding "contrib non-free" there just to make sure that you are
covered.

Apart from that, you look like you are configured properly and should be
able to use bullseye until the end of its LTS support period
(2026-08-31) [0].

Regards,

-Roberto

[0] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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Roberto C. Sánchez